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1865: Irving Babbitt, scholar and founder of the modern humanistic movement.

1924: James Baldwin, writer whose works include Go Tell it on the Mountain and Notes of a Native Son.

1932: Peter O'Toole, Irish actor.

1942: Isabel Allende, author of The House of the Spirits.

1949: James Fallows, writer and editor of U.S. News and World Report.

August 2ndin history

1832: Troops under General Henry Atkinson massacre Sauk Indian men, women and children who are followers of Black Hawk at the Bad Axe River in Wisconsin. Black Hawk himself finally surrenders three weeks later, bringing the Black Hawk War to an end.

1847: William A. Leidesdorff launches the first steam boat in San Francisco Bay.

1862: Union General John Pope captures Orange Court House, Virginia.

1862: The Army Ambulance Corps is established by Maj. Gen. George McClellan.